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In this day and age, mobile phones are extremely common and used by almost every person worldwide. For many people, a business that has a high quality and well-designed application available to download is the key to retaining them as customers and building a solid relationship with businesses.

By offering apps to customers you are extending your business platform and customer base to increase customers and subsequently sales. A lot of business these days find it impossible not to invest in mobile apps as it is a big market on devices for mark places such as Play Store and Apple Store on platforms such as Android and IOS.

Online Service

A lot of business have applications or websites that integrate their products and enable potential and current customers to purchase products straight from the comfort of their location and can quickly order what they need.

The is especially useful for customers that are unable to get around physically to in store shops or just prefer to use the mobile application to purchase their products. It has been shown that profits are increased at a generous rate for many businesses that implement mobile apps alongside in stores shops and provide a wider customer service that is quick and easy to use.

User Friendly

Customers like to connect with the business they decide to try and purchase from and rightfully so expect high quality features that will enable them to interact with your business and ultimately feel like a valued customer.

Applications that are personalised to the need of customers is important as well as making it simple, easy and user friendly. Many apps fail when the speed of the app is not up to what is considered fast and some interfaces are incredibly difficult to use, this is why it’s important to ensure a well-built app is invested in to increase customers and sales.

We live in a fast faced world and people like to move around in speed knowing that things are in order and mobile applications allow for customers to interact with companies that they most enjoying servicing from and getting the most out of what they offer.

With a fast and reliable platform customer will not look back and eventually become long standing customers. Providing an easy system for customer to register and login to mobile apps is also very important as if it’s too messy, it can be off putting to customers.

Features

A great aspect of mobile apps is that it builds customer relations and promotes business at the same time by customers leaving reviews on app stores that will showcase the feedback and does wonders for the likelihood of instant and future customers.

There are many interesting features that can also be attached the mobile apps that allow for a customised experience to enhance the customer’s interaction with your business, for example using the app to promote one off sales and discounts will reach all customers using your app, creating a lot of opportunity for sales. Furthermore, loyalty programs are useful and customers enjoy to gain as they buy which benefits both business and customer.

Other features such as sending various notifications to customers is highly beneficial and helps customers to stay up to date with what is happening with your business and any special deals that are taking place as well as general remainders and notifications.

Carrot Weather

This is a weather app that is not like an average weather app in that it has an attractive appearance that is nice to look at with imagery of the current weather conditions. The app is available on IOS and has recently become available for Android users who can now experience the features of this clean but funky weather app. There is also a built in Al character to make the app unique and cool. There is also some humour on the app as it will provide you with quirky comments on each weather display.

Everyone needs a weather app on their phone but this app is one of the kind and is entertaining in its own way even though is just a weather app. It adds a little sunshine to your day with its overall warming appearance.

Ava Lockscreen

Android devices are highly customisable and there are many apps for replacing the generic lock screen for something more appealing and personalised. With this app you are able to add widgets and shortcuts into the lock screen which will keep your most used apps and widgets that you use often. The clock and notification style can also be changed to different designs and styles that are easy to navigate around.

There are additional features on the app for those looking to customise further but this is included within the paid version of the app. The good thing about this app is that it does the job of locking your screen and ensuring security but also making your phone appealing.

Draw.ai

Drawing apps are great to use on mobile phones as you have enough space with most phones to really get stuck in and fill the page with enough content. There are various types of drawing apps, for example some that are based on teaching you to draw and some a freestyle drawing where you can draw what you want.

This app is essentially a basic guide to drawing and provides a good amount of images to start off with and use as a template. There are step by step guides that are useful for beginners that are clean and concise. As you draw the guideline will show your progress and when you are finished drawing you will be able to colour in the drawing, which can be quite fun. At the end of the process you will be presented with a video that shows you virtually drawing and colouring it.

Malwarebytes Security

This security app is available for android and IPhone and is designed to protect your phone from viruses, threats, adware and malware. Security on android phones specifically is important and ensuring you have a security system is a must.

There are features that will conduct searches to scan for threats and has real time ransomware shields as well as web browsing phishing that will prevent any malicious website threats. You can also have a privacy audit run on your phone that will show the permissions of application you have installed.

Android smartphones are highly popular all over the world and are unique in their operating system with a customizable range of applications to download and install, along with integrated themes to apply. There are a lot of useful apps that are worth downloading to enhance your experience with the android system and utilize it to the upmost of its benefits.

Greenify

This is a free app that is a must if you are using your phone all day and have a charger on the go to ensure you are powered up during intervals. To avoid having to constantly charge your phone, Greenify will basically ensure that background running apps are ceased if they don’t need to be used (you can decide) and your battery subsequently will not be drained. Even though there are built in apps on android phones, its useful to download additional apps that can accelerate the battery power generally and ensure you can use your phone for longer during the day, rather than having to constantly recharge. The app itself runs in the background so you won’t have to worry about any annoying popups. You will be able to choose which apps you want to stop running and you can also rerun if required.

Clean Master

This is another free application that is highly useful for freeing up space on your storage system both internally and externally (SD card) with this app the performance of your phone will increase rapidly and run a lot smoother than before, meaning it will be quickly to get from page to page and use other apps without lag. Phones accumulate a lot of ‘junk files’ and this is normal as applications of any sorts have baggage that comes with it and leaves behind a lot of files that you generally don’t require and with this app they won’t delete files just like that, you will be able to choose what data is to be removed and if you want some data files kept because sometimes they are important if you want to save certain settings on particular apps.

Opera Max

This is a web browsing application that is speedy and effective it its purpose, to take you from one webpage to the next without lag and sluggish load time. What makes Opera different from other mainstream web browsers is that rather than showing full size media, it will narrow down the volume of images and other media to basically filter the webpage and leave you with less elements on the page and just the essential. The load time is much faster with this browser and works amazingly well with pages that have a lot of media on it. You will save a lot of data usage as well because the app runs of less data and speeds up the process. Along with many other features, Opera allows you to disregard certain apps to connecting to the web browser through WIFI as well as ceasing connections that will allow for data to be saved for when you may need it at a later stage.

1byone

This foldable Bluetooth keyboard, 1byone is highly beneficial for those android uses that prefer to input their text via a physical device such as this keyboard that is Bluetooth connected to your phone and typing can begin. The touch typing on android phones can be frustrating for some users and the ability to type properly can be difficult therefore this is recommended for those that prefer this type of input.

The 1byone features a stylish design that folds the keyboard for safe keeping and can be secured in a bag or even pocket. There is also a li ion battery which is long lasting providing 114 days of active use with the keyboard and being able to use for long periods of time without having to recharge in the same week, month or even year depending of level of use. Lastly there is a stable stand to place your mobile device as you type away with ease and control.

JBL Flip 4

This waterproof portable Bluetooth speaker, JBL Flip 4 is a high quality speaker that is tolerant to water and is an affordable gadget for android users that are looking for something that provides high quality sound and is useful for certain conditions where there is water, and this device is able to stand three feet of water but for the duration of 30 minutes only.

The device offers 12 hours of playback with a fully charged battery that can play your favourite songs for most of the day. Furthermore, the device connects to two mobile phones at the same time and has a solid connection. The battery is long lasting and overall produces good audio quality.

It is also available to purchase in an array of colours so you can choose your favourite style and personalise to your taste. The Bluetooth speak has a built in feature to noise and echo cancel along with featuring the dual speakerphone for additional use.

Anker PowerCore

This portable charger, Anker power core II Ultra-Compact 10000mAh is a decent quality charger that is useful to take along with you anywhere and can fit in your purse or bag very easily. The device itself weighs 6.9 ounces which is not too heavy or too light, it is just in between. The portable charger has PowerIQ technology which basically means it detect what device the charger is being connected to and begin charging automatically without any issues.

Portable chargers are very popular these days and there are bad and good ones on the market that either don’t last very long in terms of providing a good battery life or ones that have high powered technology to accelerate charging time and ultimately save time.

If you travel a lot or are generally out and about often this portable charger is highly recommended and is not too expensive. The battery charge is of high quality and you will only need to charge up at least two times a day to keep your phone running on battery.